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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please, please, please look into breed-specific rescues before buying from a breeder. I get all the reasoning behind it, I do, but there really are pure bred dogs out there available for rescue and often times they are in foster care or home rescue networks rather than the pound. You may have to wait a little longer to be matched with the right dog for you (both in terms of what you want and what the rescue dog needs), but it's worth it. Also, look into fostering some of the other "hypoallergenic" dog breeds and maybe you can broaden your search outside Havanese if you find that some of the others don't trigger your allergies. At the very least, take your kids to a kill shelter and show them what you're choosing to do. That would be a better lesson on the death of a pet than just having a rescue pet die a year or two earlier than a purchased puppy. [/quote]

Many people want puppies to have complete control over the training process. You hardly ever get puppies at breed rescues.

Two things are needed to decrease the unwanted pet population:
1. Continue with spaying and neutering efforts.
2. Creating and enforcing much stricter laws against puppy mills, like California just did. Ideally, the only breeders allowed would be responsible ones whose dogs live in their own homes and who prioritize the health of the line. We could do that by requiring that every potential breeding dog passes genetic health checks before being accepted as breeding stock. Currently, this is purely voluntary.

Shaming dog owners for going to responsible breeders for their puppies is NOT the solution. Not every household can handle the health and behavioral risks that come with the rescue of an adult dog.
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